VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12164

CVSS score4.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-592: DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues
  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references